iTunes Originals

ITunes Originals

iTunes Originals is a series of digital releases available exclusively through the iTunes Store. It was developed and produced by longtime KCRW DJ and film music supervisor Chris Douridas, who recruited Stephen Marsh to provide audio mastering for the albums. Each release features the music of a...

is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n post-grunge

Post-grunge

Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...

/alternative metal

Alternative metal

Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...

 band Seether

Seether

Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...

. It was released exclusively through iTunes on August 5, 2008. It contains seven tracks exclusively recorded for the release at Groovemaster Studios, most of which are acoustic. It has a short interview track between each song track. It has six additional tracks from other albums. The "Tied My Hands" live track is from the One Cold Night

One Cold Night

One Cold Night is an acoustic album by South African post-grunge/alternative metal band Seether, released on July 11, 2006, that features 12 acoustic tracks plus bonus DVD footage recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the Grape Street Club on February 22, 2006...

live album. Also "He Was the Number One Fan [Interview]" is about the tragic suicide of Shaun's brother.

Track listing

1. The Band Started in May 1999 [Interview]" – 6:32
2. "Gasoline
   Gasoline (Seether song)
   "Gasoline" is a song by post-grunge/alternative metal band Seether. The song was originally released on the Fragile album in 2000 when the band, however, was called Saron Gas...
   
   " – 2:49
3. "We Had to Write a Single, and We Didn't Know What That Meant [Interview]" – 2:59
4. "Fine Again
   Fine Again
   "Fine Again" is the American debut single by South African post-grunge and alternative metal band Seether and was also later included on the 5 Songs EP. It is the third track on their album Disclaimer...
   
    (iTunes Originals Version)" – 4:24
5. "It Needs to Be Discovered By Fans [Interview]" – 3:36
6. "Sympathetic" – 4:08
7. "We Thought We Were Starting "Karma and Effect
   Karma and Effect
   Karma and Effect is the third album by the South African post-grunge/alternative metal band Seether. It was released on May 24, 2005 by Wind-up Records. It is certified gold in the US and Canada....
   
    [Interview]" – 5:48
8. "Broken
   Broken (Seether song)
   "Broken" is a song by post-grunge/alternative metal South-African band Seether featuring American singer Amy Lee. The original acoustic version is the twelfth track on Seether's debut album Disclaimer. It was re-recorded with Amy Lee, the future girlfriend of Seether vocalist Shaun Morgan, for The...
   
    (iTunes Originals Version)" – 4:14
9. "We Did "Sold Me" at the Same Time as "Broken" [Interview]" – 1:48
10. "Sold Me" – 3:38
11. "The Original Title Was "Cater to Cowards" [Interview]" – 6:18
12. "Remedy (iTunes Originals Version)" – 3:34
13. "We Weren't Going to Use It for Our Band [Interview]" – 2:11
14. "The Gift
    The Gift (Seether song)
    "The Gift" is a song by post grunge and alternative metal band Seether. It is the fourth track and third and final single off their album Karma and Effect.-Music video:...
    
    " – 5:34
15. "I Was Having Fun Today Playing With a Lot of Effects [Interview]" – 2:18
16. "Truth
    Truth (Seether song)
    Truth" is a song by post grunge/alternative metal band Seether. It is the third track and second single from their album Karma and Effect.The music video was directed by Dean Karr, who had also directed the video for their previous single Remedy, and features singer Shaun Morgan dressed as a ring...
    
     (iTunes Originals Version)" – 4:08
17. "A Lot of Our Music Translates Acoustically [Interview]" – 3:13
18. "Tied My Hands (Live Version)" – 5:14
19. "He Was the Number One Fan [Interview]" – 4:42
20. "Fake It (iTunes Originals Version)" – 4:19
21. "Lets Tease People With What's Coming With That Song [Interview]" –
22. "Like Suicide" – 4:14
23. "I Was Feeling Nostalgic [Interview]" – 2:58
24. "Rise Above This
    Rise Above This
    "Rise Above This" is the second single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It is the sixth track on the album and became the band's second consecutive number-one song on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. Seether's vocalist Shaun Morgan has stated that the song is about his late...
    
     (iTunes Originals Version)" – 3:37
25. "I Picked It for the Chorus [Interview]" – 3:30
26. "Across the Universe
    Across the Universe
    "Across the Universe" is a song by the English group The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be,...
    
     (iTunes Original Version)" – 3:47

Personnel

• Shaun Morgan
  Shaun Morgan
  Shaun Morgan Welgemoed is a South African musician known as the lead singer and the lead/rhythm guitarist of the post-grunge rock/alternative metal band Seether.-Early life:...
  
   – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  
• Dale Stewart
  Dale Stewart
  Dale William Stewart is a South African musician, best known as the bass guitarist of the post-grunge band Seether.-Seether:Studio albums*Fragile *Disclaimer *Karma and Effect...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , backing vocals
• John Humphrey – drums
• Troy McLawhorn
  Troy McLawhorn
  William Troy McLawhorn is an American musician who is a guitarist of the band Evanescence.-Early carrer:He was formerly of the bands Seether, Dark New Day, doubleDrive and Still Rain. After the demise of his first band, Still Rain, McLawhorn helped form Dark New Day in 1995, although they were...
  
   – lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  , backing vocals